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BBC calls for standard IPTV platform

Erik Huggers, the BBC's Director of Future Media & Technology, is calling for a standard IPTV platform as it has already developed 16 versions of the iPlayer

The BBC is calling for a standard platform for Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) before the number of different platforms mushrooms out of control.

Erik Huggers, the BBC's Director of Future Media & Technology, told a conference in London today that there are now 16 different versions of the BBC iPlayer, and he wants "a standard IPTV player before that becomes 100".